The Friend From Springfield

The Friend From Springfield

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 14, 1927

Runtime

1h 25m

Original Title

Dydsdragonen

Production Companies

Nordisk Film Denmark

Director

Valdemar Andersen

Description

Even the greatest screenwriters suffer from writer’s block, and the only cure is an impromptu trip to Paris. And so, comedy writer Jonas Lenner flees the suffocating monotony of home. Jonas tells his wife that he is going to visit head teacher Mikkelsen, an old – and fictitious – friend in Springfield. But of course she learns the truth yet says nothing. All hell breaks loose shortly after Jonas’ return, when a certain head teacher Mikkelsen suddenly manifests in the flesh on his doorstep